yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fisal:
I tried to open internal;Sdcard but I couldn't iconsider that is the solution

I need to give an authorization to do this like : Mount from the notification menu to open the internal sdcard

I wrote some commands by run so appear to me; permission denied

iam so sad :D

iam going to go to t-mobile store they might solve my problem
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ellopr:
I seriously can't get my vibrant to download mode. I have check every combination and no I haven't flssh any firmware. I am in the stock one. This is serious problem. Could it be that it has being block in any way by tmobile?? But them there are some of you that can get into download more very easy. Mine just won't. I can get to recovery mode.

I have tried:

1. hold Volume Down then hold power - vibrant splash screen - reboot after 10 secs.

2. hold Volume Down + hold power at the same time - vibrant splash screen - reboot after 10 secs.

3. hold power then hold Volume Down - vibrant splash screen - reboot after 10 secs.

4. hold Volume Down then press power and release - vibrant splash screen - boot of firmware very slow.

5. All those previous combination's with cable plug into phone

6. All those previous combination's with cable plug into phone and computer

Please help!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sombionix:
Thread in wrong section, this belongs in general.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psmitty7373:
I'm having the same problem. Simply cannot get into download mode. I have to believe that something else is going on here!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fisal:
hi guys

I went to RadioShack I told them , I was honest to explain the problem that I downloaded a wrong firmware EU on my phone so the software broken

although they exchange the phone hhhhh

I am so happy now

i really won't back to rooting and "download mode" until hell freezes over

I'll be a polite customer just waiting the officially updates

:)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] degeneration:
Just rooting isnt that dangerous... it was the fact that it was the wrong firmware, not just that you flashed the firmware. Either way it's your choice and if you are happy with that more power to you, but the risk of doing anything with the rooting process is pretty low.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] psmitty7373:
I've had good repeatable luck getting into download mode as follows:

1. Power down phone with no USB cable connected.

2. Once you see "good bye" connect USB cable.

3. Wait till battery indicator is visible, and you can see the current charge in green.

4. Hold vol+ and vol-.

5. Press power until screen goes black, then let go of power only.

6. Should see the yellow digger.

Again, your mileage may vary.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fykick:
I can not thank you enough for this. Although I just took the battery out instead of powering down. So it appears the key is to making sure the battery indicator is on, and that you release the power button as soon as the screen goes black. I tried so many other combinations...even holding the power button past the screen turning black, but I got this on first try.

Thanks!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wpbcubsfan:
If you've got ADB setup just do 'adb reboot recovery'... ;)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sl8125:
Is there a differnence between download mode and recovery mode?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkdruggler:
Thank you Psmitty

After trying everything I got download mode now...

hopefully i can fix this paperweight...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bvc:
from cmd ... adb reboot download
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stepinmyworld:
this is exellent. worked. it just says downloading though and *Do not turn off Target!!!!* what is it downloading? how can i flash a nandroid backup
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johnny12times:
You're the man!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DLarva:
I'm a newb, what is download mode?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boimarc89:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=749413
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Halieus:
Couldn't get to download mode, but . . .

Thanks! This worked for me when nothing else would.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sman234:
omg thank you soo much
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeku:
worked for me
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ju5tiiv:
This is the exact method I use works like a charm.

Sent via my Vibrant with Tapatalk Pro
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djnutz:
LOLOL I can flash, reflash, wipe anything, and run adb commands blind folded in a dark room under water and I was going crazy with download mode. Thanks for spelling out what worked for you on that.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] evereste:
What an utterely dreadful machine... i've succeeded once but oce to get into download mode...there are seemingly dozens of variants of how to accomplish this and it's so random, it's laughable..i'm selling this peice of garbage tomorrow...back to hd2 and my iphone...htc hell to catch
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Unrenowned:
Tired all of the above and the only thing the phone did was reboot. No special modes at all, zip, zero, nada...

Again, zero results...

Tried that too... Nothing...

I should point out that I have tried ALL of the above under these conditions as well:

Sim card + 2GB SD card installed

Sim card (only) installed

2GB SD card (only) installed

Neither the Sim nor the SD card installed

I can ONLY get into Recovery or Download Mode when using the ADB method (adb reboot recovery/download).

I'm betting that Samsung or TMO has somehow gimped the phone. Anybody else in the same boat as I am? Or am I all alone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fearmonkey:
Only one that gets me to dl mode reliably: power off, hold both vol buttons, plug in usb.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsuycott:
adb

i have had the OP'ers problem all day and still do....i tried to use ADB but it wont even see my phone...:(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikeyvanz:
same situation here, any ideas anyone?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkdruggler:
While off, hold vol + and vol -, plug in usb
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] M5devil:
My problem is even worse as I explained in a different thread before. I don't even see the charging battery when I plug in the USB cable. All I see is the depleted looking grey color battery that doesn't charge. ADB commands don't work - device is not found. So it's a brick and none of the methods worked.

I heard from someone who has 3 different Vibrants, was always able to get into download mode on one of them and never on the other 2. Sounds like some phones got this feature internally blocked and some did not. I guess those that easily enter into the recovery/download modes are the lucky ones.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkdruggler:
If you don't see anything when you plug in the device then you have a hard brick...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dsandy82:
Did this, and got it to download mode to flash...once. Flashed the stock ROM. Trying to recover from the "ROM manager Partition" brick. Found the Froyo fix after the flash didn't fix. Now I have everything lined up, and can't get it back into download mode. Any suggestions?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beefvvl:
I guess I'm out of luck. I unplugged my phone while ODIN was running because it was taking forever and now it's on the black screen with the cellphone and computer icon. My computer won't recognize when its plugged into usb and I tried all the key combinations and it won't go into download mode or recovery mode. I was able to get it into recovery and download mode using ADB but that was before this happened.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takato23:
i have exactly the same problem... can somebody help me please?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SamsungVibrant:
i dunno, maybe this will help

start with phone off

hold up/down volume pressed at same time, but don't touch power button

while holding down up/down volume buttons, plug in your usb cable,

maybe you will get into download trying that?

thanks to sabooher for original instructions.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takato23:
no, i've tried all possible combinations...
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takato23:
When i connect with last kies says "don't work with ext2 partition, connection terminated"... but shows the J disk, so recognize it.. There's something i can do with this?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] inverseflux:
This is what I do to get to Download Mode, not sure if it will help:

1. Unplug USB cable from computer and leave plugged into phone.

2. Shut off phone.

3. Remove case and battery(leave case off and don't leave battery in phone).

4. Plug USB cable back into your computer.

5. Hold down both volume keys and slide battery back into phone.

The phone SHOULD just turn on and be in Download Mode.... I'm not responsible if you break your phone, yada yada.

I posted this in another thread as well, couldn't link it.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tjhart85:
Thats only because some of the phones are hardware key locked and you can't get into download mode. Because of that, everyone has a different way to make it work.

Have fun with your iphone, I know I wouldn't, but different strokes for different folks.

Also, why "htc hell to catch?"

Same thing happened to me, but I'm not hardware locked.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=771247

Try method 3 & 5
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] takato23:
nope, doesn't work.. the last version of kies software shows me an error when i connect it, it says "cannot manage ext partition connection terminated".. the Kies_1.5.0.10024_74 only take the 2 flash memories of the phone (J,F). There is any way to make it work with this?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ocfury:
boot to download mode

to put the vibrant into download mode the easiest way, you need to

1) turn the phone off and plug the USB into the computer

2) Hold down {volume both UP and DOWN} + plug USB into phone

The phone will then turn itself on and boot to download mode

Do Not Hit The Power/lock button when plugging in the USB or you will have to turn the phone off again
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] surfturtle:
Finally got it to work

- Power Off phone

- Connect USB Cable

- Press Vol Up + Vol Down

wala.. Downloading mode
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] timisalf:
Try vol+ and vol- and plug into usb at the same time, no pwr button. Works for me every time
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teckh:
Power off, hold vol+ and vol-, plug in USB also worked for me.

One of the other methods (hold Volume- and power on) had the undesirable effect of re-SIM locking my phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blporteus:
My phone is still stuck in the Vibrant / Samsung boot screen after trying to flash the Stock 2.1 rom using Odin3 1.0. I've tried all the combinations of volume buttons + power button but the screen just flashes until I let go and then proceeds to do nothing.

All I need to do is get back to recovery so I can Nandroid back...please help!!!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] momegao:
This only works with the unlocked phones? I have been trying to get into recovery without suscess in a vibrant.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] o2cool:
Ok everyone... i got my vibrant (with hardware lock) to boot into download mode by adb

Command:

adb reboot download

Hope this helps
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cathardicnotion:
For everyone that's still not aware, there is now a fix for hardware locked vibrants! Mine is now completely lock free thanks to this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=804305

The update is quick and painless, and best of all I now don't have to worry about soft bricking my phone to the point that I have to replace it!

Enjoy!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
You can thank untermensch for the fix . To any one who tries this follow my guide and use Odin3 v1.3 . Version 1.0 is a pos and if you use 1.0 you will be taking a big risk of bricking your phone . So follow the guide and you should be fine .
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southplatte:
Unless you can get into download mode via hardware method though, if you are already stuck on the phone-!-pc screen you cannot use this fix. :mad:

As I know of right now, if you are on the phone-!-pc screen and haven't used this fix or otherwise can only get download mode via adb, you've got a brick unfixable.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
Try this untermensch the guy who created the HW Lock fix had his phone HW locked and this worked for him before he did the fix .

1) power phone down

2) pull battery out

3) hold volume up + down

4) while holding Volume up + down , put battery back in

5) still holding volume up + down plug usb cable into the phone

hope this helps
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southplatte:
heh. yeah, been there, done that. nada. I have spend since about 4am sat. oct 9 trying 50+ ways for at least an 2-3 hours a day to get into download while I wait for my replacement, all has been to no avail. My step-son's vribrant does download just fine, so I know what "should" work.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
I have the same brick as you. Well looks like I am more screwed than you. I bought my phone off craigs list so tmo wont replace it. just kept bugging them and called and called then they sent me a replacement
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] giganticprune:
just got the same issue. this is already a replacement, my last vibrant could get into download mode easily. this one wont. ffffuuuu
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lrobles787:
You are not the only one with this problem... I am frustrated!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nomadrider123:
try customer care or you might try the usb hardware fix
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jblparisi:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9201325#post9201325

That worked for me!!!

Best part, no soldering required. :)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 25510251:
thank you sooooooooo much i think i love you thats cuz it worked its been hours and i tried everything i was about to just cut my wrist
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sfgairborne:
Did you ever figure out a way around this issue?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
Its easy to get to download mode and recovery. You guys are making it seam harder than it really is . Here's how you do it .

Download mode :

1. Turn off your phone

2. Pull battery out

3. Hold volume up and volume down (do not let go)

4. Plug battery back in while still holding volume buttons

5. With the cable already pluged into the computer now plug the cable into the phone

Recovery mode :

1. Press and hold volume up volume down and power

2. Wait for second "VIBRANT" to appear at boot up then let go of power only
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cryptonyt3:
Sammy problem

I got my vibrant to the download mode, but what do I do next??? Please someone help and give me the steps after i get my phone into download mode. I've rebooted the phone and still it gets stuck; not able to boot to the desktop. :(

If anyone can help, I would be in great gratitude:(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epakrat75:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=849028
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] warl0q:
you hold vol up and vol down then plug in usb to pc
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] playonline53tms:
so i flashed a .zip and now my vibrant wont boot up but i do have the recovery but how to i get download mode to restore back to stock?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] djluis48:
This is the simplified version:

1. Turn phone OFF

2. Hold both volumen buttoms (UP and DOWN)

3. Power the phone

And voila, you should be in download mode.

If that doesn't work, try this, the long version:

1. Turn off phone.

2. Remove the SIM card, the External SD if you have one and the battery.

4. Connect the phone to USB

5. Press both VOL Up and VOL Down at the same time.

6. Put the battery back in again.

Hope it helps!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kinzkarazy:
its fairly easy

1. power off the phone

2. hold the volume up+down button but dont hold the power

3. while holding the volume button plug in ur usb cable which must be plug into the computer

4. and u should enter download mode with the digging android robot

hope i helped
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pdxmatts:
You are a GENIOUS! Thank you. I had to hold volume up and power.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] robertofonte:
ANOTHER WAY TO ENTER DOWNLOAD MODE FOR PHONES THAT DON'T RESPOND TO THE VOLUME+/- AND USB METHOD:

1) Remove Battery -

2) Hold Volume +/- ~

3) Insert USB Cable -

4) Keep holding buttons and put the battery back in.

You should now be in DOWNLOAD MODE.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] samsgun357:
I'm sure the community appreciated your input, as I do, but don't bump an old thread just to get your first post. You can now use the thank you button.......your welcome.

No tickee, no laundry!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
Or you can post random craps like I do. ...

Sent from my SGH-T959
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iKoolkid:
Too many bumps it makes me cry.
[Vibrant General] cojonesx:
Has anyone tried pushing the stock contacts, mms, etc 2.1 apps to the Vibrant? I was thinking about trying it (after backing up the current apps) but if someone has tried and failed or succeeded I would love to know.

I was wanting to replace all the touchwizish apps with the standard apps so when I use ADW it feels like im using 2.1 again.
[Vibrant General] DaMaDo:
I was able to copy and paste on the Evo from regular web page text but can't seem to do it on the vibrant...I can only seem do it with an input field. Does the evo have an extra program for that I can download?
[Vibrant General] rickh57:
It works on my Vibrant. Just use the Menu key, choose More and then pick Select text. Then, select the text that you want to copy to the clipboard.
[Vibrant General] bahnburner:
1. Menu -> More options -> Select Text
[Vibrant General] ishydroid:
I noticed that too, don't like it at all.
[Vibrant General] t1n0m3n:
Hrrm, I think that using the menu to copy/paste works rather well.
[Vibrant General] DaMaDo:
Thanks, I come from an iPhone and then Evo which both seem to have universal copy/paste that works the same way (Evo copied apple's method almost perfectly).

I was using the dolphin and xscope browsers, but now I see how to do it on the stock Vibrant browser. Many thanks ;)
[Vibrant General] Jon C:
The stock Android method of selecting text (which the Vibrant employs) is really quite awful. Keep in mind, also, that solution was assuming you used a trackball for navigation. But with these touch-only phones, you're stuck using your finger, in an inaccurate fashion. Yuck.

I agree: the iPhone method (with that handy magnifying glass and easily adjusted tabs) is really ideal. Copy and Paste is one of those solutions that they really nailed. Hopefully, someone can release something on the market to 'borrow' that solution.

Other than that, the TouchWiz additions that are straight-up rip-offs of the iPhone UI are stellar. I'm loving the Clocks and Calendar apps. Top-notch stuff.
[Vibrant General] ishydroid:
Lol I'm I'm the same boat, the c/p on the stock android is awful after using the iphone and evo, they got that right for sure.
[Vibrant General] rajkumar484:
copy/paste in gmail app?

I expected i will find a similar menu-> more->text copy in gamil too.

How do i copy some text from my email?
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hani1980:
Open Recovery

Version: 1.14

Credit for mankind (from alldroid) for the CustomUpdate, on which this recovery is based,

credit for poseidon (also from alldroid) for ADBRecovery.

Click this bar to view the full image.

Features:

- rooting the phone from menu (using ChainsDD su and SuperUser.apk)

- nandroid backup/restore from menu

- apply update *.zip files from menu (located in OpenRecovery/updates under the sdcard root folder, there is a sample one (just unpacks a file named "babble" to /system), no signatures are needed

- wipe data (factory reset)

- wipe cache

- wipe dalvik-cache

- adb in recovery, using bash shell

- run a script

- recovery options for applications

Installation:

1) You need to have the vulnerable recovery with exploit, see this thread how to flash it: http://modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=530112

2) Download and unpack the archive on the sdcard.

Usage:

1) Reboot into recovery (hold 'X' button on bootloader 90.78, on others hold camera button; until you see triangle)

2) Apply the update.zip

3) You are now in Open Recovery

this recovery for Motorola Milestone i think if we work together to customize it and let it work with Samsung Galaxy S I9000 what we need to rebuild the vulnerable recovery with exploit first then change some codes in the open recovery scripts.

so please let's work on it.

i get it from this link

http://modmymobile.com/forums/401-motorola-milestone/531599-open-recovery-v1-14-06-11-2010-a.html
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DocRambone:
Would make a HUGE step forward to have a recovery. Miss the nandroid backups :(

Lets hope some of the pro's can make it possible
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] LadFromWales85:
I read that entire first post, then got to the end and saw that none of what I'd read was for the SGS at all!

Of course it'd be nice to have these things on the SGS, hopefully they'll come in time and the SGS will be getting updates at the same rate as CM for Nexus!
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DocRambone:
"For those asking, I am working on a recovery for Samsung Galaxy S phones. Give me a few days. They are nonstandard recoveries."

From:

http://twitter.com/clockworkmod
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] hani1980:
wow wow wow this is the best news we are waiting for you prof thanks...
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] kalpik:
Ok, I think I have a Samsung Galaxy S recovery ready. Someone join IRC. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=koush

https://twitter.com/clockworkmod/status/18810497362

:D

Please be proficient with ADB and not **** a brick if your phone's recovery gets hosed :)

https://twitter.com/clockworkmod/status/18810529781

:P
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] DocRambone:
"Just got a rough recovery loaded onto the Samsung Galaxy S. Gonna need to tweak it to work on this phone. It's pretty different."

http://twitter.com/clockworkmod
[Galaxy S I9000 Android Development] japanfred:
Great work, be good to see something in action!
[Fascinate General] brickbeats:
What is the status of the LTE Network?? Will these phones (Galaxy's) be upgradable to LTE?
[Fascinate General] NightSidew1nd3r:
No
[Fascinate General] Roland Deschain:
LTE won't be widely available for at least 12-18 months, 20-24 from now you'll be getting a new phone, not like it really matters at the moment.

(and yeah, it does not have LTE capability, lol)
[Fascinate General] Bateluer:
Unless a phone has an LTE radio, it won't work on LTE. Period. No currently shipping phones have LTE hardware.
[Fascinate General] j3oomerang:
Verizon and rumors have been making it seem like LTE phones will be available in 6 months
[Fascinate General] JoeProcopio:
I just hope when I can upgrade again next august we gave some killer lte phones
[EVO 4G Accessories] Sokesleezy:
I tire of having to go under my table to plug a usb cable to the back and connect it to my phone. What would be the best route to have my phone connect to my computer wireless for data transfers?
[EVO 4G Accessories] vbyt:
ES File Explorer App can connect to LAN devices.

Make a shared folder on your computer, and put files to transfer in that folder.

Open up ES File Explorer on the phone then copy and paste over.
[EVO 4G Accessories] 2kmy477:
I use Wifi File Explorer,it's free in the Market.
[EVO 4G Accessories] jigglywiggly:
QuickSSHD

10char
[EVO 4G Accessories] michaelvibe:
I like FTP server. Simple and you can mount in windows
[EVO 4G Accessories] danoftw:
SwiFTP

Set up your phone as a wireless FTP server